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TRAIL BLAZER CHANGE SERVICE NON-PROFIT Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club REQUESTED ORGANIZATION U.S Spring 2006 The Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club is a recreational hiking association of volunteers who preserve and improve the Appalachian Trail as the nation’s premier, continuous, long-distance footpath. What’s Inside... New Members............................ 2 President’s Message.................. 2 Trail Supervisor’s Report............ 2 Hike Reports ................ 3-6, 12-15 Hike Schedule........................7-11 Corn Boil Info ........................... 11 Membership Renewal .............. 15 Club Activities .......................... 16 Contacting the RATC ............... 16 February 12, Buchanan-AT-Horse Tr. Loop _____________________________________________________________________________ TRAIL BLAZER CHANGE SERVICE NON-PROFIT Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club REQUESTED ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PO BOX 12282 P A I D ROANOKE VA 24024-2282 ROANOKE, VA PERMIT 509 Spring 2006 www.ratc.org RATC TRAIL BLAZER - 2 Welcome New Members The Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club welcomes the following new members: Dr. Cyrus Bakhit Joe Ciezkowski Kevin Jordan Jen Schaeffer Madeleine Taylor Rick & Sue Terrell We look forward to meeting you soon - hiking on the trail, at work, social event, or a board meeting. Mervin Brower _____________________ President’s Message The Tier 1 phase of the Draft Environmental Impact views from the AT, including impairments from air Statement has been issued for the improvements of pollution. The ATC and RATC are not really I-81. The Board of RATC has taken the position environmental organizations. We have the very that the study of all options should include a narrow focus of defending the Appalachian Trail, modern rail option. VDOT included an antique rail and do not address other environmental issues so option that could never be competitive. While we that we do not dilute our focus on our one issue. do not consider ourselves rail experts; none of us But on this huge project, the environmental are roadway experts either. But we do want VDOT degradation of a totally roadway solution will to study rail and develop some expertise before degrade the entire RATC section, and the entire making a decision that will have such an impact on Virginia segment of the AT. Bob Peckman _____________________ Thanks to Peggy Squires of Hampton Bays, NY for her contribution honoring a This is a good way to honor someone and also to help do our mission of maintaining the significant birthday of Irma S. Graf, AT Appalachian Trail. - Bob guidebook editor. And congratulations Irma. _____________________ Trail Supervisor’s Report This spring we hope to finish the north end of the hope to finish and open. The next two will be in the Angel's Gap relocation (a small and separate piece of the Angel's Rest area and scheduled for June 29-July 3 and entire project) in April. In May, we will spend two days July 20-24. Here we will put in another switchback or working in the Stony Creek-Bailey Gap-Mountain Lake two and do some rehab work on the existing trail. As for area. Much of the trail there needs re-blazing, so we are my annual predictions, let's be optimistic and have 30 hoping for good weather. In June and July the people work with the crews and 15 earn T-shirts. As Konnarock crews will make three visits. The first will be always your presence on work-hikes is welcome. June 8-12 on the Pearis Mountain relocation, which we Charles Parry Spring 2006 www.ratc.org RATC TRAIL BLAZER - 3 Hike Reports Sunday, December 11, 2005 8:30AM Rock Greenway. We still had to watch our footing Sawtooth Ridge Work Hike because the trail was a mixture of clear areas, slush Charles Parry (leader), Laurie Adkins (assistant and sheets of ice. Four of us hiked to the parking lot leader), Roger Holnback, Anne Howard, Bob at the other end, and there was Zetta, all bundled up Stimson, Jerry Kyle, Bill Gordge, Maurice Turner, starting from there. She thought she had missed us at Fred Coughlan, Dana Helsley, Mike Vaughn, Kerry the Orange Market end. She joined us on the way Wood, Teresa Martinez, Roanoke College La Crosse back. Even though it was very cold and some sleet Team Members: Mike Treon, James Elkin, Jason was coming down we all had very fun time. Remmel, Joey Shoemaker, Chris Keating, Brock Carders, Dr. Saunders, Rob Clement, Jake Sunday, December 18, 2005 10:00AM Manewiter, Jack Ryan, Dick Diggler, Dave May, Jennings Creek (Rt. 614) to Bryant Ridge Shelter Mike Jones, Chad Magreutar, Jim Long, Mike Kenny Garrett (leader), Carl Cornett, Carl Bagby, Smith, Joe Smith, Andy Teeling, Nick Bennveligk, Ethan Tabor, Maya Bohler, Larry Austin & Gary Roger Peterson, Preston Garrett, Henry Albert Disbrow How long does it take 35 people to dig 500 feet of The idea for this hike came about while taking a new trail? Answer: about 3 hours. The La Crosse break at Bryant Ridge Shelter on an earlier hike this Team got caught having a beer party and smashing year. We decided that the hike was too long for an bottles on the trail in October. For discipline, they afternoon hike with the short winter days, but too had to spend a day working on the trail. When this short for an all day hike. So the solution was to meet hike was originally scheduled for McAfee’s Knob, I at 10:00 in the morning to begin the brave winter anticipated about half a dozen workers, which would expedition for seven wanderers. have been plenty for the work in that area. When I learned that we would have over 20 members of the Upon arriving at the trail head, we immediately La Crosse Team, I realized that we needed to change encountered snow and ice on the trail. We observed sites. The easiest way to keep a large group of the footprints of a man and his dog in the snow for inexperienced trail workers busy for a few hours is the first half mile or so. We also saw the prints in with side hill digging. We have plenty of that in the the snow of deer, rabbit, bear, turkey, and unknown Pearisburg area, but I thought it best to stay closer to other winter animals along the trail. We enjoyed a Roanoke. Anyway, Teresa and I decided to relocate peaceful walk alongside the creeks through virgin the trail around one of the small knobs that the trail snow. The snow was frozen solid on the north side went over on Sawtooth Ridge. We went out of the ridge, which made for humorous hiking and Thanksgiving time and flagged it. It turned out to be sliding. Upon arrival to Bryant Ridge Shelter, we all an ideal project for the group. After the team left, the settled in for an hour-long break. There was 4+ club members worked a couple of extra hours taking inches of snow around the shelter. We heated water out rocks, closing the old trail and doing some fine on the single burner stove, and all enjoyed hot cider, tuning. It was a bit cold for blazing that day, so Fred hot chocolate, or coffee (along with numerous came back a few days later and blazed. He also snacks). There was much laughter and story telling found a Pulaski that had been left behind. as the explorers reveled in tales of their many conquests. After the long rest, we loaded our trash Sunday, December 11, 2005 1:00PM back into our packs and made the return trip over the Lee Hollow (Rt. 621) to Niday Shelter icy Fork Mountain. The sky was crystal clear and we Georgia Gallaher & Jean Warren (co-leaders), Maya enjoyed views of the Peaks, Harkening Hill, Apple Bohler, Carl Cornett, Zetta Campbell. Orchard Mountain, and other beautiful mountains around. Upon completing our trek at the snow- It was decided due to the ice and snow that still covered parking lot, we agreed this would be a great lingered on the roads and trails, even in the lower winter hike to keep on the schedule. areas, that we would cancel the hike. Jean came up with a great idea to still meet at the Orange Market at Hanging Rock, but instead to hike on the Hanging Spring 2006 www.ratc.org RATC TRAIL BLAZER - 4 Sunday, January 1, 2006 9:00AM nice cloistered area surrounded by giant granite Catawba Mountain ( Rt. 311 ) to McAfee Knob boulders at Devil's Kitchen, a massive rock and Lunch formation and natural maze near McAfee's Knob. In Kris Peckman (leader), Maya Bohler (assistant), keeping with the location, many of the dishes had a Larry Austin, Diana Christopulos, Carl Cornett, "devilish" theme (e.g., deviled dates, devil nuts, Linda King, Karl Kunkel, Mark McClain, Fred satanic hummus). Carl, who was planning to spend Meyer, Maurice Turner the night at one of the shelters, provided the stoves which we used to heat soup and water for cocoa and What a lucky hike leader I am! Not only was the tea. After a two-hour hike in 40-degree weather, a weather perfect, the participants jolly, and the bowl of that soup really hit the spot. In the ten years scenery fabulous, but one of the participants even that I've been associated with the A.T., I have to say offered to write the hike report. This was Karl I've never had a tastier meal in such a unique and Kunkel's first time hiking to McAfee's Knob, so he scenic setting. I really do hope this was a "first was inspired to write about it. Following are annual" event. I was very impressed with the ability excerpts from Karl's report (edited only to save of some of our fellow hikers to take cuisine skills to paper and ink): the next level, under some pretty taxing circumstances.
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